Example Website Address — What Is a URL? (50+ Examples)

A website address (also called a URL — Uniform Resource Locator) is the text you type into a browser to visit a specific web page. Every example website URL follows a defined structure. Below are 50+ example website address entries.

The Anatomy of a Website Address

https://www.example.com/blog/post-title?ref=newsletter#section2
  │       │     │           │               │              │
  │       │     │           │               │              └─ Fragment (jumps to section)
  │       │     │           │               └─ Query string (tracking/filter params)
  │       │     │           └─ Path (specific page)
  │       │     └─ Domain name (the website)
  │       └─ Subdomain (www, blog, app, etc.)
  └─ Protocol (https = secure)

Basic Domain Examples

URL	Notes
`https://google.com`	Minimal — no www, no path
`https://www.google.com`	With www subdomain
`http://example.com`	HTTP (not secure) — avoid
`https://wikipedia.org`	.org domain
`https://bbc.co.uk`	Country-code TLD (.co.uk)

URLs With Paths (Specific Pages)

URL	Notes
`https://apple.com/iphone`	Product page path
`https://github.com/vercel/next.js`	GitHub repo URL
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website`	Wikipedia article
`https://nytimes.com/section/technology`	News category page
`https://docs.python.org/3/library/`	Documentation path

URLs With Subdomains

URL	Notes
`https://blog.hubspot.com`	Blog on subdomain
`https://app.notion.so`	Web app on subdomain
`https://mail.google.com`	Gmail on subdomain
`https://developer.mozilla.org`	Developer docs
`https://support.shopify.com`	Help/support center

URLs With Query Strings

URL	Notes
`https://google.com/search?q=website+examples`	Google search query
`https://amazon.com/s?k=laptop`	Amazon product search
`https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ`	YouTube video ID
`https://example.com/products?category=shoes&sort=price`	Multiple parameters

URLs With Fragments (#)

URL	Notes
`https://example.com/page#section-3`	Jump to page section
`https://docs.stripe.com/api#charges`	API doc anchor

Different Top-Level Domains (TLDs)

URL	TLD	Meaning
`https://example.com`	.com	Commercial (most common)
`https://example.org`	.org	Organization
`https://example.edu`	.edu	US education
`https://example.gov`	.gov	US government
`https://example.io`	.io	Popular for tech startups
`https://example.website`	.website	Generic website TLD

What Makes a Valid Website Address?

A valid URL must have: (1) A protocol — https:// or http://; (2) A domain name — e.g. example.com; (3) Optionally: a path, query string, and fragment.

Invalid examples: www.example.com (missing protocol), example (not a full domain), https:// (missing domain).

Website Address vs. Website Name vs. Domain Name

Term	Example	Meaning
Website name	Google	The brand/product name
Domain name	google.com	The registered web address
URL / Website address	https://google.com/search?q=hello	Full address to a specific page